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If we don’t stratify, is the avg IQ not by def 100? Or rather… what sets the def of 100?
by onos 4y ago
If we don’t stratify, is the avg IQ not by def 100? Or rather… what sets the def of 100?
- thfuran 4y agoIt's renormalized every so often because the average has been going up for decades.
- technothrasher 4y agoDoes that mean my IQ has been dropping all this time because I took the test a long time ago, like putting cash under my mattress in an inflationary economy?
- eptcyka 4y agoYes.
- thfuran 4y agoOnly if your last IQ test result is a cause of rather than measure of IQ.
- curiousllama 4y agoYea pretty much. Those darned kids are just too smart. But your IQ percentile relative to your age group doesn't change.
- curiousllama 4y agoYes, but the authors of this paper hold the test constant, so if people get smarter, it’ll show IQ rising